Sun Wujun et al.: The Basic Approach and Implementation Path of the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Goals of the Insurance Industry

Release time:2023-01-04Author: Sun Wujun et al.

As an important part of China's economy and society, the modern insurance service industry is the stabilizer and booster of economic and social development. How to answer the question of the era of helping to realize carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is the historical responsibility of the insurance industry. This paper first analyzes the current situation and challenges of the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals of insurance services, and points out that there are few supportive policies in the field of green insurance, the coordination mechanism between the insurance industry and other departments is imperfect, and the insurance products and services are not expanded. Then, it analyzes the basic approach of the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals of the insurance industry: 1. Give full play to the unique advantages of insurance capital and inject capital power into the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. 2. Give full play to the protection function of science and technology insurance and enable scientific and technological innovation for the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. 3. Give play to the role of insurance in increasing credit and compensating losses, and escort the low-carbon transformation for the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. 4. Give play to the green operation practice of insurance and set an example for the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals. Finally, the article puts forward the implementation path of the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals of the insurance industry service: 1. All-round system construction to promote the green investment of insurance capital. 2. The supply side and demand side work together to promote the green technology innovation of insurance. 3. Issue incentive and supporting measures to comprehensively promote the development of green insurance. 4. Take multiple measures to promote green operation and take the lead in setting an example for green transformation.